Posted on Jun 10, 2016
Troops In California Exempt From New Smoking Age Law
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A new California law on smoking age explicitly exempts active-duty members of the military from having to comply.
All was quiet aboard California Marine and Navy bases Thursday as a new law raising the age to purchase cigarettes from 18 to 21 took effect. But unlike the first law to raise the smoking age to 21, which took effect in Hawaii at the start of the year, this law explicitly exempts active-duty members of the military from having to comply.
All was quiet aboard California Marine and Navy bases Thursday as a new law raising the age to purchase cigarettes from 18 to 21 took effect. But unlike the first law to raise the smoking age to 21, which took effect in Hawaii at the start of the year, this law explicitly exempts active-duty members of the military from having to comply.
Troops In California Exempt From New Smoking Age Law
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Seems to me that California just wants military members to have decreased quality of life and die premature deaths. Bravo California!!
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
Or they just like collecting the high tax dollars they have on cigarettes.
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SGT (Join to see)
CPT (Join to see), Hip! Hip! Hooray!! Like I wrote earlier, California is one of the healthiest states in America. It is loaded with many fruits and nuts.
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Finally a GI gets an exemption. I have always felt that active duty military personnel should be exempt from any law with a minimum age of 21. In my opinion, if you can carry a weapon in defense of this country at 18, you should be able to buy a beer anywhere. I don't have an issue with enforcing the age requirements for civilians. May not seem fair, but neither is life. I was 19 when I went into the Air Force. The law was 21 for alcohol. I was at the airport in Denver for a flight home for a leave. The waitress asked me what I wanted to drink, I said Coke. She said 'how about a beer." I told her I was only 20, she said " If your old enough to wear that uniform, to me your old enough for a beer." Never forgot that.
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